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mento angulato-emarginato. Thorax subcylindricus, niargine 

 lateral! obsolete. Elytra tliorace rnulto latiora, parallela, pro- 

 funde striato-punctata. Pedes robusti, squamosi; /effio/^^Ms 

 subtus dente robusto armatis, anticis fortiter, posticis mo- 

 dice incrassatis ; tihi'is anticis ad apicem incrassatis ; tarso- 

 rum articulo basal i duobus sequentibus conjunctis vix bre- 

 viori ; unguiculis bifidis, dente interno brevi. Prosternum 

 oblongum, sulcis inter sternum et episterna obsoletis. Me- 

 sosternum transverso-quadratum, apice obtusinn. 

 The very large anterior thighs separate Piomera from the other 

 nearly-allied scaly genera, the transverse epistome from lletaxis. 



1 . Piomera hrach'ialls, Baly. (PI. IV. fig. 3.) 



Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 157. 



Elongata, subcylindrica, fulva, subnitida, squamis curvatis ad- 

 pressis pallide fulvis vestita ; thorace rugoso-punctato ; 

 elytris profunde striato-punctatis. 



Long. Ig lin. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Head short, triangular, upper portion of face and vertex covered 

 with adpressed scales ; antennae two-thirds the length of the 

 body, pale fulvous, their outer half fuscous. Thorax rather 

 longer than broad, cylindrical, narrowed at base and apex, medial 

 portion thickened above. Elytra oblong, much broader than the 

 thorax, sides parallel, apex regularly rounded ; surface closely 

 and deeply punctured, the punctures arranged in irregular rows, 

 the interspaces on the outer side subcostate, scales covering the 

 surface arranged in irregular patches. Anterior thighs greatly 

 swollen, inner edge of anterior tibiae cut obliquely towards the 

 apex. 



Genus Metaxis, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entom. ii. p. 157. 

 Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, supra squamosum. Caput 

 modice exsertum, perpendiculare ; antennis gracilibus, fili- 

 formibus, corporis longitudini fere aequalibus, articulo primo 

 incrassato, secundo brevissimo, modice incrassato, tertio 

 gracili, longitudine duobus anticis conjunctis aequali, caeteris 

 singulatim tertio fere aequalibus, articulis quatuor vel quinque 

 ultimis leviter incrassatis et vix bievioribus; ocuUs integris. 



